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October 14, 2008 11:59 AM

Obama Advertising In Video Game

The blogs are abuzz with word that Barack Obama's flush-with-cash campaign is advertising in the video game Burnout Paradise. Check out a screen grab from the game, which shows a billboard proclaiming, "Early Voting Has Begun," along with a url and photo of the candidate:

(Gigaom)
A spokesperson for Electronic Arts, the game’s publisher, confirmed the ad buy to GigaOM.

“Like most television, radio and print outlets, we accept advertising from credible political candidates,” Holly Rockwood said. “Like political spots on the television networks, these ads do not reflect the political policies of EA or the opinions of its development teams."
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